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Blue Sky  
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 More options May 7, 12:27 pm
From: Blue Sky <Guy.Sherl...@public-i.info>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 09:27:04 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed, May 7 2008 12:27 pm
Subject: Quarterly Tasks - how to set up
Need some advice on how to set up some repeating quarterly tasks.

I have several Tasks, well actually they are Quarterly Reports, that
need completing every , um, Quarter. So ideally I would like to set up
a Recurrence for the Task every 3 months. Each Task has a lead time of
around 3-4 weeks and I would very much like an alarm to pop-up to
remind me to do this.

I have set the recurrence to the last Thursday of every 3 months with
a lead time of 4 weeks. But how to get the Reminder to pop-up at the
start of this lead-time?

Is this the right approach for these sort of tasks?


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blueSky  
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 More options May 9, 4:28 am
From: blueSky <gsherl...@onetel.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 01:28:51 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri, May 9 2008 4:28 am
Subject: Re: Quarterly Tasks - how to set up
uh, anyone help????

On May 7, 5:27 pm, Blue Sky <Guy.Sherl...@public-i.info> wrote:


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Steve Wynn  
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 More options May 9, 5:47 am
From: "Steve Wynn" <steve.w...@startupcomputer.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 10:47:08 +0100
Local: Fri, May 9 2008 5:47 am
Subject: RE: [MLO] Re: Quarterly Tasks - how to set up

Hi,

I don't see why this won't work. All you will need to do is set the reminder for the start of the initial lead time.  So 3-4 weeks prior to the due date of the task.  Once the task recurs, the reminder should also recur and set itself dependant on the current settings. I just tried a 3 monthly task with a reminder the day before, I just skipped the current occurrence to see what happened. The task was scheduled for 3 months ahead of time, the reminder was schedule for the prior day as it was initially set and using the time I originally specified.

All the best

Steve.


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